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Last week in San Diego…well, it was life changing. We flew in to Spokane last Friday night Saturday morning (EARLY), then drove home a bit later Saturday morning. I was tired, and ready to be home, but inspired and motivated to work hard. This post will be mostly the fun stuff…I’ll get into the program stuff a bit later 🙂 And I still have a Graduation post to write….haha!

The UCSD Multifamily Intensive Therapy is vigorous, challenging, and INTENSE, but motivating and inspirational. The facilitators and therapists are caring and very competent, and through the week, a general sense of comradery is developed between the families. I would highly recommend it to anyone struggling with an Eating Disorder. I’ll talk more about the program in another post 🙂

Are you ready to see some fun San Diego stuff??

Monday morning, we needed to be at Rady Children’s Hospital (where therapy would take place) bright and early to get all set up and checked in for the week. Our hotel, the Holiday Inn (in Mission Valley) didn’t have continental breakfast, but they did have a nice little restaurant, so we had breakfast there the first morning in town. Here is my “little” parfait! The fresh strawberries were AH-mazing.

Even though we were busy all day, we were sure to get some touristy sight-seeing in! Our first adventure took place in Old Town San Diego.

There were palm trees…

…and nifty buildings.

Dinner was our first stop, though! We checked out the menu for El Fandango, and liked it, but were completely won when they gave us a 15% of coupon!

Here we are, goofing off a bit while waiting for our scrumptious dinner

Besides the obligatory chips and salsa, mom and I shared a salad to start.

Here’s my dinner – chicken tacos…REAL chicken tacos. Corn tortillas rather than flour, big chunks of chicken, lettuce and tomatoes, topped with queso fresco or cotija. The beans and rice were flavorful and soft, and the guacamole was SO fresh! This was my first experience with authentic Mexican food and man…I can’t even look at Taco Bell!

The next evening, we decided to check out the La Jolla beach. One of our friends from the program told us about the seals and lovely beach, and we decided it would be a great place to check out.

God gave us the perfect weather for our beach excursion!

And we got the PERFECT parking spot. We stepped out of the car, walked a couple of feel to a railing to look down at see this!!!

Perfect backdrop for a photo, don’t you think?

Well, I certainly thought so! 🙂

We wandered a long for a bit, and looked back to where we parked…how gorgeous is this?!

Mom sent us down to the rocks to snap this photo before we set off on a dinner-searching expedition.

We found this little place,Krafty Krepes. They have crepes and paninis, and being hungry, I opted for…..

…a turkey and avocado panini. It was SO.MUCH.FOOD! But it was so tasty! Flavorful deli turkey gave it some staying power, while the avocado slices and mayo made it creamy. The bread was slightly buttered and perfectly toasted.

And we all got free salads to boot!

And of course, sunset by the beach was BEAUTIFUL!

Our last night in town, we went back to Old Town…we just really liked it!

I only remembered to take a photo of my dinner…

But it was so great! We went to Cafe Coyote which is apparently quite the happenin’ place! We got a table right away, though, and made our decisions. I went with one chicken taco and one potato taco. Yes, potato taco. Served in corn tortillas as well, the quality was right up there with El Fandango. The potato taco was interesting. I expected diced potatoes, but they were mashed…and SPICY! I enjoyed it, but the chicken taco was my preference.

That brings me to the end of my best photos! We had a really great time in San Diego, but don’t let this give you the false assumption that it was all fun and games. I think I can truthfully say that last week was some of the hardest ED work I’ve done. I’ll write more soon.

Like this:

I just love this time of year – the sun shows its face a bit more often, and we pull out our spring clothes – lighter and brighter colors, flowy fabrics, and short sleeves. It just makes anything you do that much more enjoyable! Even cleaning becomes fun! 😉

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of going out in the sun and wearing some bright-colored, spring clothes to have tea and lunch with a few dear ladies – Marisa, Jocelyn (Marisa’s mom) and Sherry, three of the sweetest ladies you’ll ever meet.

We convened at Three Cups of Tea, a cute little tea shop in Bothell. It’s such a sweet little place – lots of bright colors, flowers everywhere, and perfectly portioned light entrées. It really is the perfect place for such a lunch time meeting as this.

Each tea-drinker receives a unique and lovely teacup and a personal tea pot. I loved the delicate flowers and gold edging on my cup! If only I could take it home… 😉

Before we knew it, lunch arrived. I chose a half turkey-cranberry sandwich with a side salad. This sandwich was a perfect choice! It had a nice, light amount of turkey, which contrasted nicely with the cranberry-cream cheese spread. The lettuce provided a nice crunch against the soft, pillowy croissant style bread. Yum!

Marisa and Jocelyn both decided on the individual-sized quiche. It looked pretty tasty to me, and both ladies quite enjoyed their choice!

Look at this adorable heart-shaped scone! So precious – especially when it’s served with jam, lemon curd and clotted cream in a heart-shaped dish!

The obligatory photo of me eating…did I mention that sandwich was tasty!? I think my favorite part of this photo, however, is the elderly fellow in the background. He looks like he’s thinking “Oooooh, is that my lunch coming?” Love it.

Here’s evidence of Marisa getting a bit silly with the camera. Because I obviously wasn’t being silly at all!

Now, aside from being insanely cute and having delicious food, Three Cups of Tea has a special spot in our hearts. Two years ago, the four of us ladies came here for a little brunch get-together. At the end of that meal, we took photos of each other from across the table.

Here is Sherry and Jocelyn then:

And here they are now:

As lovely as ever!

And now for the children then…

And here we are now:

How time flies! We almost look like grownups! But not quite.

I just love spending time with these ladies. They are undoubtedly my Seattle family! And with graduation quickly approaching – Marisa’s next weekend and mine in a few months – lunch dates like this become even sweeter and more precious than before.

What joy!

This Saturday (as in yesterday) my roomies and I spent the day adventuring together on Whidbey – I promise, there shall be a full recap! Once I get my photos organized… 😉